agora benefiting society through interdisciplinary co-creation year 2014
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Agora Benefiting society through
interdisciplinary co-creation
Year 2014
Agora Building - Agora Center – interdisciplinary units - Faculty of Information Technology - Company facilities
Human Technology concept
AGORA
Refers to the human-centered approach to technological systems and methods that take into account human needs and requirements as its implications for humans.
Human technology
Agora Concept Human factors in technology
Interdisciplinary approach based on top level research
Research + teaching + business
Shortening the innovation chain
Human-centric service innovations
Agora Center
The Agora Center was established in 2002 to provide a platform for interdisciplinary research in the field of human technology.
In the passing decade, the Agora concept has proved successful.
Multiple projects in various research fields have developed ingenious and beneficial applications.
Co-creation and research processwith the Agora Center
The Agora Center corner stones
Interdisciplinarity
Human-centredness
Technologydevelopment
Human-CentredSolutions
Innovations(applications)
Professors in the Agora Center interdisciplinary settings
Professor in digital media, Ph.D. Pasi Tyrväinen, (director of department)
Professor in technology-enhanced language learning, Ph.D. Ulla Richardson
Research professor emeritus in innovation processes, specifically service innovations,
Ph.D. Antti Hautamäki
Research professor in road traffic, specifically road safety, Ph.D. Mikael Sallinen (in collaboration with the Finnish Institute for Occupational Health)
Tieliikenteen, erityisesti liikenneturvallisuuden tutkimusprofessori, PsT Mikael Sallinen (yhteistyössä Työterveyslaitoksen kanssa)
Human TechnologyAn Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in the ICT Environments
Open Access Online Journal for Interdisciplinary, Innovative Research
Reaches both researchers and companies from all around the world
Editor in Chief: Professor Päivi Häkkinen
www.humantechnology.jyu.fi
Significant outcomes 20051(2)
International awards to breakthrough research
‒ E.g. international awards by the Society for Research in Child Development and by the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, and the State Award for life’s work in Public Information to Professor Lea Pulkkinen
‒ Philips Nordic Prize and UNESCO Chair nomination to Professor Heikki Lyytinen
‒ Bernard Bolzano Honorary Medal by the Czech Academy of Sciences to Professor Pekka Neittaanmäki
─ The University’s public information award to Heikki Lyytinen in 2005, and Antti Hautamäki in 2014
Several international projects, including, e.g. a Marie Curie Excellence Team, and Nordic Innovation Centre funding, Yale-collaboration
International online journal Human Technology
Centre of Excellence in research nominated by the Academy of Finland: Learning and Motivation
International center for computational sciences (SCOMA)
National Centre of Expertise in cyber security
Several FiDi-Professors
Significant role in the regional innovation hub
Award for Best web-content for children in Finland in 2014 (Children’s pages of the Finnish Ombudsman for Children)
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Our Services in the Partner Network
Contract Research– We offer our expertise. Engage our research teams to solve
your specific problems and innovate new solutions.
Research and Development Projects– We co-create with you. Let us plan together a joint project
that integrates our interdisciplinary research expertise with your particular skills and business or domain expertise.
Forums and Seminars– We invite you. Join our Open Forums of learning, discussion
and dialogue. Invited keynote speakers from Finland and abroad open the debate on a number of interesting topics.
Faculty of Information Technology
Research and teaching in Computing Science since 1967
Amount of staff 200
1,500 basic degree students, 150 postgraduate students
Active cooperation with enterprises
Founded in 1998
Two departments- Department of Mathematical
Information Technology
- Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
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Finnish Data Processing Museum Association in Agora
The association:
Collects and preserves data processing devices and other material related to data processing.
Presents exhibitions related to data processing at various sites around Finland.
Converts into contemporary formats information from older formats, e.g. punched cards.Supercomputer Cray 1S from
the 1970s.
A continuous, free exhibit of data processing devices in the Agora building.
For more information:
http://www.jyu.fi/agora/en
Head of Planning and DevelopmentPäivi Fadjukoff